Cibecue Road, Locality 4 (Permian of the United States)

Where: Arizona (34.0° N, 110.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 36.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Apache Member (Supai Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Fort Apache limestone member is 95 feet thick at this locality.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, brown, gray limestone

• Limestone, light gray and very pale brown, thin- to very thin- and wavy-bedded, aphanitic to finely crystalline; quartz detrital material increases in upper 30 feet. Forms cliff, highly fossiliferous.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: S. S. Winters. 1963. Supai Formation (Permian) of eastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 89:1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95353: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Anisopyge sevilloidia" = Delaria sevilloidia
"Anisopyge sevilloidia" = Delaria sevilloidia Chamberlain 1970 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Pseudorthoceras knoxense
Pseudorthoceras knoxense McChesney 1859
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda "indet. 1", Gastropoda "indet. 2"
Gastropoda "indet. 1" Cuvier 1795 snail
Genus et species indet 1
Gastropoda "indet. 2" Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Retispira modesta, Bellerophon sp.
Retispira modesta Girty 1909 snail
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Probably conspecific with B. majusculus Girty
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Goniasma terebra
Goniasma terebra White 1879 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Palaeostylus giganticus n. sp., Cibecuia cedarensis n. gen.
Palaeostylus giganticus n. sp. Winters 1963 snail
Cibecuia cedarensis n. gen. Winters 1956 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
? Pseudozygopleura sp.
? Pseudozygopleura sp. Knight 1930 snail
 Soleniscoidea - Palaeostylidae
Kinishbia nodosa n. gen.
Kinishbia nodosa n. gen. Winters 1963 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Meekospiridae
Meekospira knighti n. sp.
Meekospira knighti n. sp. Winters 1963 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Worthenia arizonensis n. sp." = Biarmeaspira arizonensis
"Worthenia arizonensis n. sp." = Biarmeaspira arizonensis Winters 1963 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Oncochilus insolitus" = Cylindritopsis insolitus, Soleniscus philipi
"Oncochilus insolitus" = Cylindritopsis insolitus Chronic 1952 snail
Soleniscus philipi Winters 1963 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Apachella prodontia, ? Apachella arizonensis n. sp., Apachella franciscana, Apachella turbiniformis, Apachella translirata n. gen.
Apachella prodontia Winters 1963 snail
? Apachella arizonensis n. sp. Winters 1963 snail
Apachella franciscana Chronic 1952 snail
Apachella turbiniformis Winters 1963 snail
Apachella translirata n. gen. Winters 1956 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis apachensis, "Naticopsis oblatus" = Naticopsis permica
Naticopsis apachensis Winters 1963 snail
"Naticopsis oblatus" = Naticopsis permica Netchaev 1894 snail
"Very common"
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp., "Straparollus (Euomphalus) kaibabensis" = Euomphalus kaibabensis
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) kaibabensis" = Euomphalus kaibabensis Chronic 1952 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Palaeonucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis
"Palaeonucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis Walcott 1884 nut clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia cf. gibbosa
Edmondia cf. gibbosa Swallow 1858 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus albequus
Permophorus albequus Beede 1907 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella subquadrata
Astartella subquadrata Girty 1909 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus supaiensis
Schizodus supaiensis Winters 1963 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon anaklastum
Parallelodon anaklastum Winters 1963 clam
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten "sp. 1"
Acanthopecten "sp. 1" Girty 1903 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten "sp. 1"
Aviculopecten "sp. 1" M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
""Lima" cf. retifera" = Palaeolima retifera
""Lima" cf. retifera" = Palaeolima retifera Shumard and Swallow 1858 file clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Bakevellia sp., Bakevellia sulcata
? Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
Bakevellia sulcata Geinitz 1866 oyster
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Bellaclathrus spinosus n. gen. n. sp.
Bellaclathrus spinosus n. gen. n. sp. Winters 1963
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
? Pseudodielasma sp.
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Echinocrinus trudifer, Echinocrinus aff. dininnii
Echinocrinus trudifer White 1874 sea urchin
Echinocrinus aff. dininnii White 1880 sea urchin